The evolution Wingard mentions occurs after Godzilla decides he needs to charge himself up for the impending climactic battle. To do so, he goes to the undersea lair of the titan Tiamat. After a scuffle, Godzilla kills Tiamat and then lays down for a nap in the monster’s glowing radioactive cave. There, Godzilla absorbs the radiation, and when he finally emerges, he has a new glow, and a new look overall. He’s leaner, more muscular, and, most exciting of all, he has pink scales on his back.

As Wingard further explains: “His head is bigger, he’s got these elbow spikes that we unfortunately don’t really use in the movie, but they look really cool.” “Looking cool” seems to be the ultimate goal of “Godzilla x Kong,” a film that features a scene where a bunch of giant monsters fight each other while flipping around in zero gravity. As for those pink scales, they have a pretty amusing explanation. As Wingard puts it: “Pink and blue are my favorite colors, so it was kind of only natural that I push Godzilla in that direction.”

So there you have it: Godzilla gets a new look partially because pink is one of Adam Wingard’s favorite colors. Wingard then sums things up nicely: “Literally, Godzilla does change his skin, he becomes a new thing in this movie … I always wanted to be on the edge, and Godzilla’s new design does that.” 

“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is now on digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD.